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The magazine ranked the 200 best voices heard in pop music of the last century. As often happens, this time there was some controversy due to the inevitable absences and unexpected presences. However, Rolling Stone magazine said its list was based on “the best singers, not the best voices.” Let’s now see which artists, based on this assumption, took the top twenty positions.

It’s hard not to give due “respect” to a voice like Aretha Franklin’s. The RS editors must have thought the same thing, and without much discussion they handed the Queen of Soul her crown. Legendary performer of such classics as A chain of fools and thoughts

, the same one who developed her talent in the workshop of the legendary Mahalia Jackson, today ranks number one on many charts. Almost an obvious result because, after all, as Mary J. Blige says, she’s “the reason women want to sing.”

Whitney Houston is inevitably one of the first names that comes to mind, right after Aretha Franklin. Additionally, with a life that hasn’t always been easy (a euphemism) and gifted with a talent that exploded at a very early age, Houston grew up with a gospel singer mother, and like Aretha, she also began to immediately put her talent to good use. and also sing. in the church. An ascent followed by an equally rapid decline, which, however, will not erase this extraordinary voice, which is destined to still resound even more than ten years after his death.

Sam Cooke could sing almost anything with his voice. Try writing lines like “Don’t know much about a science book, don’t know much about the French language I studied. But I know I love you” and you end up with a corny love song that’s not on his level Wonderful world. However, Cook was also a dedicated artist, attentive to social issues and civil rights, a voice capable of celebrating such masterpieces as Change is coming

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